Quote Originally Posted by JamesV
... but I was thinking that if a can comparison shop, price wise, then just going to them for everything. The equipment I'm looking for are new speakers, all around, and receiver.
While differences in electronics are more subtle, there are pretty substantial diffferences to be found with speakers. They come in many flavors and are optimized for different situations and music types. If sound quality matters to you, I recommend going out and auditioning a range of speakers to determine which works best for you. That is not necessarily a quick or easy task. Once you establish what speaker you want, then you mate a receiver or amplfier to the power and load requirements of the speaker.

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